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Monday, 1 June 2009

An Argentine evangelical pastor was born again after a book of psalms he was holding deflected a bullet fired at close range in the province of Mendoza. Mauricio ZanesCondori, 38, was trying to talk two thieves out of stealing from the church, in the town of Rodeo delMedio. One of the thieves aimed his hand gun at ZanesCondori's chest and fired at a distance of two meters (about seven feet).The criminals immediately fled, and churchgoers who were watching in horror as the event unfolded, called for an ambulance.But the bullet hit the book of Psalms that ZanesCondori was holding to his chest. A medic who arrived at the scene said the book slowed down the bullet and deflected its trajectory, so in the end it only scratched ZanesCondori's chest. The official report said that a Bible had stopped the bullet, but ZanesCondori later clarified that it was a book of Psalms. "That leads me to believe in a God that takes care of me" Zanes Condor told the online publication, Los Andes.

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, the Titanic, the largest vessel afloat at that time, hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank. The liner hadset off from Southampton on its maiden voyage to America. The disaster left 1,517 people dead, largely due to the lack of lifeboats. One of the passengers on board the liner was nine weeks old Millvina Dean, who was travelling in third class with her family, who were moving to America to open a tobacconist's shop in Kansas. Millvina, her mother Georgetta, and two year old brother, Bert, survived, but her father, Bertram, perished when the vessel sank.

Sadly, Millvina, who was living in a care home in Hampshire, died on Sunday at the age of 97. If you would like to watch Millvina and hear her story, click on the video link below.

(The picture on the right shows Millvina Dean in her mother's arms a few weeks after the disaster.)

MosquitoAn insect that makes you like flies better.Nail PolishPart of an assortment of make-up items such as lipstick, eyeliner,blush etc. which ironically make Mum look better while making her young daughter look 'like a tramp'.Overstuffed ReclinerMum's nickname for dad.OwThe first word spoken by children with older siblings.